AA 9 Amos Air to Air Missile

 

Type Air to Air Missile
Country of Origin Soviet Union
Development Year 1972
Deployment Year 1983
Deployment Countries CIS
Range 100 km
Guidance Semi Active Radar
Warhead 47 kg High Explosive
Length 4.1 m
Weight 490 kg
Notes Debate rages about how the Amos was developed. One theory suggests that the new government in Iran supplied several copies of the AIM 54 Phoenix to the Russians, who then copied the Phoenix to create the Amos.

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